Session 9A Weather Forecasts and Climate Prediction with Lead Times from Intraseasonal to Interanual: Part II (Parallel with sessions 9b and 9c)

Tuesday, 6 April 1999: 8:30 AM-10:30 AM
Host: Sixth International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography
Organizer:
Willem A. Landman, South African Weather Bureau, Research Group for Seasonal Climate Studies, Pretoria

Papers:
8:30 AM
9A.1
Precipitation modeling over southern Africa
Christopher David Jack, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

8:45 AM
9A.2
A Revision and Evaluation of the IMFIA-UR Seasonal Rainfall Forecast Method based on the ENSO state
Gabriel J. Pisciottano, IMFIA - Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay; and G. Cazes, A. Diaz, and J. L. Genta

9:00 AM
9A.3
Wave activity flux : a parameter for the prediction of the onset of blocking for the southern hemisphere?
Ernani L. Nascimento, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Ambrizzi

9:15 AM
9A.4
How well do operational climate models reproduce ENSO precipitation in Southern South America?
Chester F. Ropelewski, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY; and A. M. Grimm

9:30 AM
9A.5
Dynamical downscaling of seasonal climate prediction over northern South America with NCEP's Regional Spectral Model at IRI
Paulo Nobre, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY; and A. D. Moura and L. Sun

9:45 AM
9A.6
Extended Precipitation Forecast in central Chile-SA
Rainer Schmitz, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; and J. A. Vergara

10:00 AM
9A.6a
Morning Coffee Break

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